Police Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway are still appealing for witnesses to the fatal road crash which happened at around 8.40am on the A76 road, south of Mennock yesterday.

The crash involved a silver coloured Vauxhall Corsa car which was in collision with a Scottish Ambulance Service ambulance.

The driver of the car, 24 year old Zoe Clark from nearby Carronbridge was killed in the crash. The four occupants of the ambulance were taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary with a variety of injuries.

“While the crash scene investigation had now taken place, we are still keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or who was on that particular stretch of roadway at that time. They can contact police through the non emergency 101 number.”

There have been a number of accidents in the south of Scotland today. Credit: ITV Border

There have been a number of road accidents in Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders today, with one fatality:

00:30 - two vehicle collision near Junction 15 on the M74. One woman was injured

06:30 - one vehicle collision near Kirkpatrick Fleming on the M74. No injuries

07:40 - one vehicle collision two miles south of Junction 15 on the M74. No injuries

07:50 - one vehicle collision on the A76 near Mennock. Car flipped over and injured woman taken into ambulance

08:40 - two vehicle collision on the A76 involving the ambulance transporting the woman involved in the 07:50 crash. 24-year-old Zoe Clark, driving a Vauxhall Corsa, died. Two ambulance staff and two patients in the ambulance taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary with further injuries

09:20 - one vehicle collision on the A712, north of New Galloway. No injuries

Shortly before 09:00 - three vehicle collision including school bus, outside Borders College and Heriot Watt University campus in Galashiels. Two people hospitalised, but not thought to be injured

Police Scotland have warned drivers to take care in the cold conditions.

The woman killed in the two vehicle road crash on the A76 this morning has been named.

24-year-old Zoe Clark from Carronbridge, Thornhill was the driver of a Vauxhall Corsa car which was in collision with a Scottish Ambulance Service ambulance at around 8.40am.

The two ambulance crew and two other people who were in the ambulance were all taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. The driver of the ambulance and the two people were treated for minor injuries and the second ambulance crew member was treated for a head injury.

One of the two people in the rear of the ambulance, a female, had earlier been involved in a road crash further north on the A76. She was being transported to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, accompanied by her husband, when the second crash happened.

The road is still closed to allow for a full crash investigation to take place.

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman has issued a statement following a fatal collision which happened this morning on the A76, about five miles south of Mennock, Sanquhar.

A woman died after a collision involving two vehicles, a car and a Scottish Ambulance Service ambulance.

Two crew members in the ambulance were injured. And a man and woman, who were in the ambulance being treated after an earlier crash, received further injuries.

“At approximately 8.40am an ambulance was involved in a collision with another car on the A76 near Mennock while transferring two patients to hospital in Dumfries. Our deepest sympathies go out to the family of the driver of the car, who tragically died. One member of the ambulance crew was been airlifted to hospital with potentially serious injuries. The other crew member and the patients were also taken to hospital by ambulance but are not seriously injured.”